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Sadie by Courtney Summers

92 reviews

books_and_bandanas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

cybersylk's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Dark and devastating story of the things that happen every day in our country. Sadie was a beautiful character that you couldn’t help but root for. Unfortunately, the podcast aspect of this just kind of ruined it for me. I learned all of the information twice and it was just annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Blood

katsuli's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Addiction, Drug use, and Child abuse

nicolebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Violence

lmartzbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

emilymay_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

ivana's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence

piperhath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

valereads2105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked the podcast formatting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Blood

rosita's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

I would say Sadie is a lot more "new adult" than "young adult", and i wouldnt for the life of me recommend it to someone younger than 16.
If you want to read this book, i ask you two things:
1- listen to the audiobook: the book has some podcasts elements to it and i cannot express how good the full cast audiobook does that stuff. It enchanced the experience  a lot.
2-please read the trigger warnings. While good, it is very graphic in some terrible, terrible topics. 
By the way, Sadie, the protagonist, has a stutter and that is never cured. It was once of the best representations for a stutter I have ever seen.
Spoilers:

I really liked how it showed that the monsters walking among us sometimes look like good people: they get people jobs, they build cities, they have families. They are still monsters. 
While i am frustrated at the open ending, it was the best way of finishing the story: it gives us a little bit of hope, even though we probably know what is the most likely thing to have happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit